Ranger wreck

  • Country Built NSW

  • Port Built Balmain

  • When Built 1884

  • Length 10.80

  • Beam 3.70

  • Draft 1.60

  • Engine N

  • TONA 12.00

  • When Lost 1887/04/22

  • Where Lost Off Eighty Mile Beach

  • Sinking Cyclone

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port To Off Northwest Coast

Museum Reference

  • wreck Ranger

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 89295

  • File Number 116/80

  • Chart Number 1048

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Ranger
wreck Ranger
When Lost 1887/04/22
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Off Eighty Mile Beach
Engine N
TONA 12.00
Country Built NSW
Port Built Balmain
When Built 1884
Port Registered Sydney
Official Number 89295
Length 10.80
Beam 3.70
Draft 1.60
Sinking Cyclone
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port To Off Northwest Coast
Cargo Pearl, shell
Master John Larkham
Owner Frederick John Gibbins
File Number 116/80
Chart Number 1048
Sources West Australian, 29 April 1887, pp. 2f, 3a, b CSO 3841/1887
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/ranger